I got into MD..he got into DO

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Ok my long time bf got into a DO school and I got into a MD school 1 hr away. I also got into the same DO school as him. what should I do? How will residency placement work? Would it just be easier if I go DO with him? MD or DO after my name means very little to me.
 
If you don't have a ring on your finger and don't have kids, you go where you want to go. An hour away is nothing really - trust me. I've been 8 hours away from my wife for most of the school year, and though it is difficult at times, we have done very well. So don't worry about an hour.

Go where you feel is the best place for you.
 
Agree with above. Plus, if you really want, you could always live somewhere in the middle, and a 30 min commute is nothing.
 
Go to the school you like more. Imagine where you'll be happy even if you guys broke up. Its a win win situation. If you choose MD you can live together and both of you can drive a half hour to school OR if you choose DO you can study together. Consider yourself lucky.
 
haha, great minds think alike
 
Go to the MD school, that way you won't have to log onto SDN to have endless MD vs. DO debates.
 
Boyfriends come and go, your degree is forever. Do whatever is going to make you happy in the long run. Do you really see yourself getting married in the near future? Do you want to feel resentment and regret for the foreseeable future for not pursuing your dreams? I don't mean to sound harsh, but people have made some really poor decisions based on relationships that didn't last. If you really want to go MD, you guys can live somewhere in the middle. If you want DO, go DO. If you guys are really committed, you will make it work out either way...
 
Caligrl2008 said:
Ok my long time bf for into a DO school and I got into a MD school 1 hrs away. I also got into the same DO school as him. what should I do? How will residency placement work? Would it just be easier if I go DO with him? MD or DO after my name means very little to me.
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You could study better together.

Congrats!
 
Because the MD school is only an hour away I would say go to the school you felt better about. Like someone already mentioned you guys could just live halfway between. I drive 30 minutes to school now and it's nothing.
 
what disparity? i think i'm missing something...
 
Caligrl2008 said:
Ok my long time bf for into a DO school and I got into a MD school 1 hrs away. I also got into the same DO school as him. what should I do? How will residency placement work? Would it just be easier if I go DO with him? MD or DO after my name means very little to me.
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It is things like this that make idiots (as an un-named poster did yesterday) talk about how their are too many women in med schools. You are your own person, you are not married, you do not have kids, thus there is no one dependent on you.....Be your own person and do what you want to do....
 
Caligrl2008 said:
Ok my long time bf for into a DO school and I got into a MD school 1 hrs away. I also got into the same DO school as him. what should I do? How will residency placement work? Would it just be easier if I go DO with him? MD or DO after my name means very little to me.
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At least that's how I read it...
 
I see what you mean...I was under they impression that the op & her bf want the same residency as well...
 
bluemonkey said:
I see what you mean...I was under they impression that the op & her bf want the same residency as well...
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I think she's referring to the couples match for residency but I could be wrong.
 
I agree. Go where you feel more comfortable at. Take your BF out of the equation for a bit and just look at the decision between the two schools.

Like others have said, depending on what the relationship is like you could always split the difference and live between the schools. Or live in the separate areas and see each other on weekends, etc... Yes, the relationship is going to play a role here, but just make sure you'd be happy at whatever school you go to if it doesn't work out. There are advantages AND disadvantages to going to school with a BF/GF/spouse, etc....

You said the DO/MD thing doesn't matter to you, and there are plenty of threads here beating that to death so I'm not going to go there. Your education is going to be what you make out of it and you can fully succeed going either route.
 
EEL08 said:
I think she's referring to the couples match for residency but I could be wrong.
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If that's the case, it may be easier to get 2 DO residencies...Is this correct?
 
bluemonkey said:
If that's the case, it may be easier to get 2 DO residencies...Is this correct?
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To be honest, I don't know as much about the couples match as I should. The DO and MD matches are separate so I'm guessing two people could match into two DO residencies or two MD residencies but I don't see how it would be possible for one of them to match into DO and the other MD. 😕
 
4 years and matching is so far away it is ridiculous. If anything, maybe it'll force the boyfriend (who after 4 more years should probably man up and ask you to marry him) to study his a$$ off and match into an allopathic residency with you. Although, that is way too far away. There are ways to bypass it a bit too. Like....only apply for residencies in areas dense with programs. Now, if you're both going for Derm or something you are just out of luck. It is an interesting conundrum. I have not met many DO/MD couples. You could try to ask in one of the residency forums or with the students who went through the match rather than us clueless bastards. I hate to be cynical (ok..not really) but even living together will be a trial with med school. It would not surprise me in the least if you got really frustrated with each other and broke up....if you are at the same school with that breakup, well...that'll just make things awkward until clinicals.
 
LauraDO said:
It is things like this that make idiots (as an un-named poster did yesterday) talk about how their are too many women in med schools. You are your own person, you are not married, you do not have kids, thus there is no one dependent on you.....Be your own person and do what you want to do....
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Congrats! I'm the unnamed poster to which she refers and I think it's awesome you got into med school. I also think you should go M.D. unless you have strong feelings about the DO philosophy or care to study osteopathic manipulation (which is highly unlikely). And to the point about there being too many women in med school, that wouldn't even be an issue if the women would actually practice medicine. 🙂 So, go M.D., kick but, get a sweet residency, and be a doctor.

And a little more advice that you can do what you want with. If your bf has your best interest as an individual and yours together as a couple in mind, he should make the process easy. As in, not try to influence your decision too much if you have a preference either way. If things are too difficult, it might be time to reconsider the bf, not the career choice. In my experience, relationships work themselves out when they're supposed to... I guess what I'm saying is I don't see how you can make the wrong decision if it's truly your decision.


I hate message board forums. What the hell am doing up in the middle of the night giving advice? And what do I know, anyways? I'm just a sexy jerk....or something like that. Maybe it's time to go read that lucid dream thread and go to bed...
 
bluemonkey said:
If that's the case, it may be easier to get 2 DO residencies...Is this correct?
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Yeah, I was referring to the couples match. I'm hoping that if we can't go to the same med school, that would could do our residencies at the same location.
 
Well, you clearly can go to the same school if you want to. As a couple other posters mentioned, residency is a long long ways away. Do whatever is best for you. An hour really isn't that far away! If you really think you will be happier with an MD, do it! If you really don't care, why not go to school together?
 
Caligrl2008 said:
Yeah, I was referring to the couples match. I'm hoping that if we can't go to the same med school, that would could do our residencies at the same location.
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Well if you go to an MD school you guys could do the MD couples match. He would have a sort of advantage in that he could apply to DO and MD residencies while you would have to find an MD residency.
 
To OP: It really depends on what specialty YOU want to go into. This is your life, don't go into something you aren't interested in because of your bf. If you're interested in MD specialties, it is probably easier to go into an MD school. If you're interested in doing DO, you can only match into DO through a DO med school.

Tis time to make a decision about your life.
 
Tired said:
Which one of you is smarter?
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HAHA couldn't help yourself could you!?

No one can make this decision for you. We don't have all the background... Best of luck.

If you both REALLY love each other it will work. Keep in mind, one of the pros about goign to the same school is that you will have the same schedule. It means that you will have free time concurrently and be busy concurrently. This will assure that you have more free time to spend together while you will both udnerstand exactly what the other is going through.

On the flipside, if you are apart you will probably both develop a new network of friends and study groups that you may not do if you attend the same school.
 
Oh the dramma....one hour away 😱

It looks more like a well-disguiesed never ending idiotic MD vs D.O debate. Of course, it's far more interestig to see a girlfiend MD vs boyfriend D.O debate :meanie:. But why is it even an issue? Ppl commute to work for way over an hour one way every day. You've gotta be kidding me :meanie:
Cry me a river.
Congrats to both of you on getting accepted. Now go where you want to go, and do what you like to do. It may actually be beneficial to be separated at least by "one hour away". You'll be able to get some work done for the mede school.
 
Willh said:
The fact that DO's have a harder time getting into MD residencies.
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Pathetic when pre-med rumors get passed for facts 👎
 
J1515 said:
My uncle told me it's even harder for MD's to get into DO residencies
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Now that's a fact! 👍

More premeds should have uncles like yours 🙂
 
this is a really interesting thread. I don't think its a MD vs DO but i do think that the OP has a valid question.

I think her question is "Will it be tougher for the couple to get into a residency together? "

one thing i do know is that if everything works out..you are gonna have some pretty spoiled kids 🙂
 
Premed-I heard that MD's are more likely to...

Dr.-Where did you hear that?

Premed-I read it on SDN

Dr.:boom:
 
Caligrl2008 said:
Yeah, I was referring to the couples match. I'm hoping that if we can't go to the same med school, that would could do our residencies at the same location.
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If he applies to allopathic residencies, I think you can still do the couples match together. Depending on what field he's going into and what part of the country you're in, he might want to only apply for allopathic residencies anyway.
 
What if someone with genotype DDOO is crossed with someone who is MmDd? How many of the offspring, statistically, are expected to be physicians?
 
MaximusD said:
What if there is X inactivation? MD/DO mosaicism!!
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"I care about the WHOLE patient! No, I care about my golf handicap! No, I care about my WHOLE golf handicap!"
 
medhacker said:
Pathetic when pre-med rumors get passed for facts 👎
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Excuse me? Every source available to an individual for planning the rest of their career implies and even states this... including Iserson's residency guide...backed by statistics, references, citations and years of earned respect.
Don't try and belittle me and imply that I'm falling for a silly pre-med myth or rumour. I want you to show me where anyone could conceivably come to a general conclusion that implies otherwise. The -only- thing I have ever seen to the contrary was word of mouth from an individual (on the internet) I do not know. However, every established, researched book...and the stats themselves (as posted here, in books, etc)...implies that there is a difference.

If I am going to spend 200k and 7+ years of my life toward one singular goal, you bet I'm going to sponge up any information I can. If your advice is that I wait till I get there --- sorry, that's irresponsible and stupid.

Point me in any direction, I'll gladly read anything you can show me.
 
Willh said:
Excuse me? Every source available to an individual for planning the rest of their career implies and even states this... including Iserson's residency guide...backed by statistics, references, citations and years of earned respect.
Don't try and belittle me and imply that I'm falling for a silly pre-med myth or rumour. I want you to show me where anyone could conceivably come to a general conclusion that implies otherwise. The -only- thing I have ever seen to the contrary was word of mouth from an individual (on the internet) I do not know. However, every established, researched book...and the stats themselves (as posted here, in books, etc)...implies that there is a difference.

If I am going to spend 200k and 7+ years of my life toward one singular goal, you bet I'm going to sponge up any information I can. If your advice is that I wait till I get there --- sorry, that's irresponsible and stupid.

Point me in any direction, I'll gladly read anything you can show me.
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Don't worry, no amount of evidence is going to satisfy medhack.
 
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